The blade itself incites to deeds of violence

You linked a scaled down abstract -- how about linking the full study?
 
Happiness said:
Ten years after the adoption of RTC laws, violent crime is estimated to be 13-15 percent higher than it would have been without the RTC law," explains the paper, published at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

From

https://www.salon.com/2018/01/24/ri...more-violent-crime-isnt-that-a-huge-surprise/
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Really, salon linked a paper that requires payment to read? disingenuous on their part to create an article based on the study and not provide the full study for analysis.
 
JudoThrowFiasco said:
Really, salon linked a paper that requires payment to read? disingenuous on their part to create an article based on the study and not provide the full study for analysis.
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Often the case with academic studies to charge. I'll find a copy and post (if I have journal access through varsity.
 
Happiness said:
Often the case with academic studies to charge. I'll find a copy and post (if I have journal access through varsity.
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Well aware of private research firms using pay to view as a revenue stream -- i cant recall a publication that created an article based on a study, not providing the study.
 
JudoThrowFiasco said:
Well aware of private research firms using pay to view as a revenue stream -- i cant recall a publication that created an article based on a study, not providing the study.
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It's odd, usually the publication will pay.
 
The magnitude of the estimated increase in violent crime from RTC laws is substantial in that, using a consensus estimate for the elasticity of crime with respect to incarceration of .15, the average RTC state would have to double its prison population to counteract the RTC-induced increase in violent crime.
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Sounds a little dubious.
 
A lot of people don't realize that when Wyatt Earp was marshal of Tombstone he confiscated the firearms of every man entering the town.

Especially ironic given that a lot of the contemporary gun nut crowd looks back wistfully on the Old West as a time when folks had the proper perspective on "gun rights".
 
ultramanhyata said:
A lot of people don't realize that when Wyatt Earp was marshal of Tombstone he confiscated the firearms of every man entering the town.

Especially ironic given that a lot of the contemporary gun nut crowd looks back wistfully on the Old West as a time when folks had the proper perspective on "gun rights".
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Unforgiven ripped from that.
 
I would be really surprised RTC didn't lead to increased shootings. But I would like to read this paper anyway. Especially their findings related to stolen guns.
 
ultramanhyata said:
I never saw it. How does it relate?
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Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood's character ride into town and Hackman tries to take their guns away.
They leave, later Freeman's character comes through again and when he refuses to give up his firearms they end up killing him and putting his body on display outside of the bar in a coffin. Eastwood shows up, blows away the saloon owner and Hackmen gets all hot about it and

"you shot an unarmed man!"
"Well, he should have armed himself"

Eastwood proceed to blow away basically everyone and leaves.

It's a damn good movie, should watch it.


Eastwood and Freeman's characters are essentially mercenaries hired by some prostitutes to beat the shit out of or kill some guy that took a knife to one of the girl's faces.

It's the western that all western's since get compared to.


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As to the thread, what is RTC? Stuck in court so can't really pull up many articles and shit.
 
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Gregolian said:
Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood's character ride into town and Hackman tries to take their guns away.

They leave, later Freeman's character comes through again and when he refuses to give up his firearms they end up killing him and putting his body on display outside of the bar in a coffin. Eastwood shows up, blows away the saloon owner and Hackmen gets all hot about it and

"you shot an unarmed man!"
"Well, he should have armed himself"

Eastwood proceed to blow away basically everyone and leaves.

It's a damn good movie, should watch it.


Eastwood and Freeman's characters are essentially mercenaries hired by some prostitutes to beat the shit out of or kill some guy that took a knife to one of the girl's faces.

It's the western that all western's since get compared to.


EDIT:
As to the thread, what is RTC? Stuck in court so can't really pull up many articles and shit.
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Where was the fucking spoiler alert??!! :D

I've got an old friend who has told me for years that Unforgiven is the best western he's ever seen and that I should take the time to watch it.

I just can't imagine it's better than Tombstone, the western that is, IMO, the best ever.
 
ultramanhyata said:
A lot of people don't realize that when Wyatt Earp was marshal of Tombstone he confiscated the firearms of every man entering the town.

Especially ironic given that a lot of the contemporary gun nut crowd looks back wistfully on the Old West as a time when folks had the proper perspective on "gun rights".
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You do know most still concealed their guns and the ordinance was selectively enforced
 
ultramanhyata said:
Where was the fucking spoiler alert??!! :D

I've got an old friend who has told me for years that Unforgiven is the best western he's ever seen and that I should take the time to watch it.

I just can't imagine it's better than Tombstone, the western that is, IMO, the best ever.
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WHOOPS as to spoiler... though the movie is from the early 90s..

Unforgiven is better.
 
ultramanhyata said:
Where was the fucking spoiler alert??!! :D

I've got an old friend who has told me for years that Unforgiven is the best western he's ever seen and that I should take the time to watch it.

I just can't imagine it's better than Tombstone, the western that is, IMO, the best ever.
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Outlaw Josey Wells is best western Eva!
 
Gregolian said:
WHOOPS as to spoiler... though the movie is from the early 90s..

Unforgiven is better.
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What about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?

Haven't seen a lot of Westerns, really, but I loved that.
 
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